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Countdown : a history of space flight / T.A. Heppenheimer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1997.Description: x, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0471144398 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 387.8/09 20
LOC classification:
  • TL789.8.U5 H49 1997
Contents:
Wonder weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler -- Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry -- Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs -- The mid-1950's : spacecraft, planned and imagined -- "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins -- A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik -- Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon -- High-water mark : the manned moon race -- Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle -- Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs -- Space in the eighties : the efforts falter -- Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 387.809 H529 Available 33111003333099
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

T. A. Heppenheimer's acclaimed chronicle of rockets, politics, and the pioneers who dared to reach beyond humanity's limits.

"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and best written history of space flight there is."-The Times (London)

"A lively account of the development of space activities in the U.S. and the Soviet Union . . . as good a one-volume overview of space as exists."-Scientific American.

"Countdown is by far the best history of space flight I have ever read. It is detailed, lucidly written for the layman, and full of fascinating stories.-Adrian Berry, Daily Telegraph.

"Science writer Heppenheimer's readable account provides a timely historical overview of the early visionaries, the engineers, and the geopolitical forces that placed men on the moon and created today's aerospace industry. . . . A thoughtful analysis that is highly recommended.-Library Journal.

"By far the most significant and technically insightful account of the ventures into the space environment I have seen. . . . [Heppenheimer] concentrates unerringly on key elements, both technical and managerial, in this account of man's initial space ventures."-Lee Atwood, Former president and chairman, North American Aviation Corporation.

"Like a skilled artisan, Heppenheimer weaves social, political, scientific, technological, military, and economic threads of the history of space flight into a tapestry that reveals fascinating patterns and themes."-Publishers Weekly

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wonder weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler -- Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry -- Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs -- The mid-1950's : spacecraft, planned and imagined -- "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins -- A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik -- Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon -- High-water mark : the manned moon race -- Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle -- Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs -- Space in the eighties : the efforts falter -- Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space.

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